Combination undergarment



April 27 19260 T. LA MAIDA Filed August 8, 1925 Thomas LuMQidQ step-ins or the Patented Apr. 27, 1926.

UNITED STATES THOMAS IiA MAIDA, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

COIlIiBINATION UN DERGABMENT.

Application filed August 8, 1925. Serial No. 49,037.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, THOMAS LA MAIDA, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combination Undergarments, of which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

This invention, relating as indicated to improvements in combination undergarments, more particularly concerns a ladys undergarment having a 'brassiere top portion, a lower portion consisting of bloomers, like, and means, as pinning tabs, permanently secured to the interior of the garment at the waist line for the support of a sanitary napkin. Manifest advantages reside in the simplicity and cheapness of construction.

A further object of the invention is to providein an undergarment of the present character an improved opening in: the bloomer portion which is adapted to permit free access tosuch pinning tabs. This opening also functions in the manner of the usual openings in articles of this character, but in a much better manner. To. the. accomplishment of the foregoing and resaid invention, then, consists of the means particularly pointed out in the claims.

The annexed drawing and the following description set forth in detail one embodiment exemplifying my invention, such disclosed form constituting, however, but one ,of various applications ofthe principle of my invention.

In said annexeddrawmg: Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a preferred form of the undergarment of this invention as in use; 7 p Fig. 2 is a rear view -,Fig.-1;'

thereof similar to Fig. 3 is a view illustrating the opening Figs. .41 311(15 aredetailed views respectively'of the front and rear portions of the garment showing the mode of attachment of the pinning tabs.

In the present embodlment of the invention, as illustrated in the accompanymg drawing and to be described hereinafter, the

hereinafter fully described and undergarment is shown as comprising an upper brassiere portion 10 having shoulder straps '11 attached thereto, and an opening 12 in the center of the back and suitable fastening means 13 adapted to close such opemng in use. edge of the brassiere portion 10, or formed integral therewith, is the nether portion 14 of the present combination garment, which may be made in the form of ordinary bloomers, step-ins, petticoat or the like.

As stated hereinbefore this invention contemplates the provision of permanently securing pinning tabs located at the front and rexr of a combination garment on the in- S1 e. ted lines at 15 in Figs. 4 and 5 and may be formed of the same material as the brassiere top 10 or may be secured thereto by suitable stitching 16. The particular form Attached to the bottom Such tabs are clearly shown in dotof such tabs is of no moment, it being necessary to provide only a free end at the lower portion of the tabs 15 which may in use be positioned in direct contact with the wearers body.

t 18 in the drawings the bloomer portion is shown as being provided with an opening extending from the bottom of the leg portion to the hip line, and'at 19 and loweredge of the bloomers it has been found. that the same greatly facilitates the present type of garment in use, as well as to provide morefree access to the pinning tabs 15. In the case of other types of nether garmentsmentioned above the opening 18 will be extended a distance substantially v equal to the one in the bloomers shown, 1. e., from the hip portion to a position adjacent the knee portion of the garment.

Other forms may beemployed embodying the features of my invention instead of the one here explained, change being made in the form or construction, provided the elements stated'byanyof the following claims or the equivalent of such stated elements be employed within the scope of the follow ing claims.

What I claim is:

1. A combination undergarment for women comprising a'brassiere top portion, having a pair of downwardly extending pinning tabs centrally of the front and back thereof,

a nether garment portion in the form of bloomers attached at their upper edge to the lower edge of said brassiere top portion and receiving said pinning tabs within the same, said bloomer portion being provided with an opening extending from the hip line through the bottom edge of one leg portion, through which access will be readily afforded to said pinning tabs, and separable fasteners secured to the respective margins of 'said opening.

2. A combination undergarment for worn: en comprising a brassiere top portion provided with an opening through one side thereof, adapted to be drawn together by suitable means to conform to the figure of the wearer, a pair of downwardly extending pinning tabs provided centrally of the front and back of said brassiere portion and comprising integral parts thereof, a nether garment portion in the form of bloomers attached at their upper edge to the lower edge of said brassiere top portion and receiving said pinning tabs within the same, said bloomer portion and pinning tab adjacent said brassiere opening being provided with an opening in alignment with the opening through said brassiere portion and providing an extension thereof into the upper edge of said bloomer portion, stitching uniting said bloomers adjacent said opening to the adjacent upper part of said tab, said bloomer portion being provided with an opening extending from the hip line through the bottom edge of one leg portion, through which access will be readily afforded to said pinning tabs, and separable fasteners secured to the respective margins of said last named opening.

3. A combination undergarment for women, comprising a brassiere top portion provided with an opening through one side thereof, adapted to be drawn together by suitable means to conform to the figure of the wearer, a pair of downwardly extending pinning tabs provided centrally of the front and back of said brassiere portion, a nether garment portion attached at its upper edge to the lower edge of the brassiere portion and receiving said pinning tabs within the same, said nether garment portion and the pinning tab adjacent said brassiere opening being provided with an opening in alignment with the opening through said brassiere portion and providing a short extension thereof into the upper edge of said nether garment portion, stitching uniting said nether garment to the adjacent upper parts of said perspective pinning tabs reinforcing said nether garment at said extension of the brassiere opening into one of said tabs, and above the free ends of each of said tabs.

Signed by me, this 3rd day of August, 1925.

THOMAS LA. MAIDA. 

